Design management capability and product innovation in SMEs

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-565

  Fernández Mesa, Anabel ^a,b   Alegre Vidal, Joaquín ^b   Chiva Gómez, Ricardo ^c   Gutiérrez Gracia, Antonio ^a  

^a INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Design management; Dynamic capability; Innovation; Italy; Organizational learning capability; Product innovation; Small to medium sized enterprises; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875634546     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741311309652     Document Type: Article

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